Based on the moonsighting, *Eid-al Adha will be on Friday, June 6, 2025, or Saturday, June 7, 2025. *The Islamic calendar is based on the lunar cycle, so significant days shift forward about 11 each year. The sighting of the moon determines the start and end of Ramadan and Eid.
According to the regional moonsighting, Eid Al Adha ’24 will be celebrated on Friday, June 6 or Saturday, June 7. Please plan to fast and join your community at MCC on the blessed Day of Arafat (the day before Eid) on Thursday, June 5: https://mcceastbay.org/event/annual-arafat-talk-iftar/
MCC follows traditional moon-sighting that relies on the regional, verifiable naked-eye sighting of the new crescent moon for the start of all Hijri months. Please see this video to understand this practice. MCC honors the variation at the beginning of each Islamic month based on the new moon being sighted on different days in different places and some communities doing moon calculations. All are valid. Please observe with your community.
MCC hosts three services on Eid morning:
First Eid Prayer Service
- Location: MCC East Bay Prayer Hall
- 7:30 a.m.: Eid prayer *Please arrive at the MCC Prayer Hall by 7:15 a.m.*
- Khateeb: TBA
Second Eid Prayer Service
- Location: TBA
- 9 a.m.: Eid prayer *Please arrive at the prayer site by 8:45 a.m.*
- Khateeb: TBA
Third Eid Prayer Service
- Location: TBA
- 11 a.m.: Eid prayer *Please arrive at the prayer site by 10:45 a.m.*
- Khateeb: TBA
Please bring your prayer mat, an umbrella, and a water bottle for the grass field.
MCC follows traditional moon-sighting that relies on the regional, verifiable naked-eye sighting of the new crescent moon for the start of all Hijri months. Please see this video to understand this practice. MCC honors the variation at the beginning of each Islamic month based on the new moon being sighted on different days in different places and some communities doing moon calculations. All are valid. Please observe with your community.
After the Eid prayer, we will have three food trucks on-site at Rancho Park: Halal Foods of Chicago, Habibz Kabob, and Mr. Softee (ice cream and drinks).
Parking
- – Serve your community by volunteering as a parking attendant: https://mcceastbay.org/eid-volunteer
*The takbeerat begins 15 minutes before each Eid prayer begins promptly. The sermon follows the Eid prayer. Please remember that the Khutbah (sermon) follows each prayer, so please pay attention to it. Please also fast with the community on the blessed day of Arafat on Saturday, June 15. This MCC is hosting its annual Arafat Iftar in 2024.
For Qurbani donation and Bay Area slaughter options: https://mcceastbay.org/qurbani
Please also play the Eid Takbeers in your car on the way to the Eid prayer.
Eid Al Adha Mubarak to you all! Thank you for being the best part of SRVIC & MCC.
Wishing you all a blessed Eid celebration. May Allah accept all of our duas and ibadah, Ameen!
◾ Watch the Eid Services Live on YouTube: http://mcceastbay.org/live
◾ Watch the Eid Services Live on Facebook: http://mcceastbay.org/facebook
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What is Special About the Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah? – Shaykh Faid Mohammed Said: https://seekersguidance.org/articles/prophetic-guidance/blessing-ten-days-dhul-hijjah
The Messenger (PBUH) of Allah said, “There are no days during which righteous action is so pleasing to Allah than these days (the first 10 days of Dhul HIjjah).” [Bukhari]
- – Read Qur’an
- – Make Dua
- – Increase Nawaafil (voluntary) prayers
- – Increase fasting
- – Increase Dhikr (supplications)
- – Increase charity
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Ibn ‘Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, “There are no days during which the righteous action is so pleasing to Allah than these days (i.e., the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah).” He was asked: “O Messenger of Allah, not even Jihad in the Cause of Allah?” He (PBUH) replied, “Not even Jihad in the Cause of Allah, except in case one goes forth with his life and property and does not return with either of it.” [Al-Bukhari]
It is an excellent sunnah to do Qurbani/Udhiyah to feed the poor in these times. Some scholars may have viewed it as obligatory. However, most see it as a voluntary (sunnah/mustahab) act. For those who wish to do Qurbani, it is mustahab (or voluntary sunnah) to avoid cutting hair and nails until the Qurbani is slaughtered. However, if you cut any hair or nails, your Qurbani is accepted and does not affect the validity.
Deeds of the Day of Arafah
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: “Fasting the day of Arafah expiates the sins of two years: the past one and the coming one.” (Muslim). So, don’t miss the reward of fasting it, and join the community iftars at Masjid Annoor and the Qur’an Center on that day.
Also, increase your dhikr, recitation of the Qur’an, good deeds, and duas before the morning of Eid. Don’t forget to include in your duaas your family, friends, relatives, neighbors, MCC community, and the wider Ummah, and make a special dua for our brothers in Gaza/Palestine on this special day.
